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along with

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in 1963. Locomotive Club - Health Department was the first team to win this competition. In 1996, Ngor Royal Cup was downgraded to be the fifth-tier football tournament of Thai club football competition when

founded

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as the second-tier in its place. Finally, in 2006, the tournament was downgraded to be the sixth-tier tournament due to the proposed merger of the

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and

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into one entity. In 2016, Ngor Royal Cup was combined to Regional League Division 3 completely along with

Khǒr Royal Cup Khǒr Royal Cup ( th, ถ้วยพระราชทานประเภท ข. ; ถ้วย ข.), known as the Noi Cup () before a 1963 name change, was a part of the Thai football league system, founded by the Football Association of T ...

and

by Football Association of Thailand and then Ngor Royal Cup become a trophy for

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Tournament format

As it is the lowest division of Thai football, the clubs which are still in the division, and new ones which participate in the tournament by sending applications to the

, will take part of the tournament. The first round is the group stage, played in a round-robin basis, and the clubs are divided into groups of 3 or 4. The winners and the runners-up of each group qualify to the knock-out stage. Only the best eight, or the quarter-finalist clubs, of the tournament promote to the

next season, while there's no relegation and the remaining clubs are still in this division until they can reach the quarter-final round or promotional spots.

List of winners

Note: # Eliminated in the semi-final round. # Eliminated in the quarter-final round.

References

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